Fire and Rescue Service Matters - Grenfell Tower Inquiry must hold ministers to account for deregulation
Bronx apartment fire: Fire Brigades Union offers solidarity to US counterparts
The Fire Brigades Union has written to US counterparts to extend solidarity in light of the Bronx apartment fire. The deadly fire, which took place on the 9th of January, claimed the lives of nineteen people, including children. It took place in a 19-storey apartment block. In letters sent to Andrew...
“They cannot shirk their responsibility”: Fire Brigades Union responds to Gove building safety announcement
The Fire Brigades Union has said that Michael Gove’s announcements on the building safety crisis still leave residents “desperately short of where they need to be”, more than four years after Grenfell. The building safety crisis has come about after scores of building safety defects came to light in...
Grenfell Tower Inquiry: “agenda of deregulation” key
The Fire Brigades Union lawyer for the inquiry has placed central importance on a government “agenda of deregulation, privatisation and marketisation” for causing the disaster. The comments were made as part of the opening statements for Module 6 of Phase 2 of the Grenfell inquiry. Phase 2 is...
FBU: PM should apologise for “dangerous” building safety crisis comments
The general secretary of the Fire Brigades Union has criticised the Prime Minister for saying that buildings caught up in the building safety crisis are “not unsafe”, apparently without justification, and that the victims of the building crisis are “in a position of unnecessary anxiety”. Matt Wrack...
Industrial issues the focus for FBU at Labour conference
The FBU is set to have a strong presence at Labour conference, with aims for the conference firmly organised around progressing member interests on vital issues. Through motions, speeches, events and conference stand the union is set to be at the heart of the conversation at conference, and is...
